liturgy

This podcast features a lecture given by Reverend Richard N. Fragomeni, a Professor of Liturgy and Preaching at CTU and Rector at the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii. This lecture was recorded on Sunday, June 5, 2016, as part of the Sundays at CTU Series.

All faith traditions have rituals and language surrounding those rituals that are important. Understandably there is great sensitivity to any changes in those rituals. On the First Sunday of Advent (27 November 2011), English speaking Roman Catholics will begin using a new English translation of the Roman Missal. In 1963 Vatican II affirmed that Latin was the official language of the Roman liturgy. At the same time it allowed the use of the vernacular. Because of the delicacy and difficulty of producing vernacular worship for the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Paul VI (d.